Adding Nav to a non-Nav Touring

wellarmed

I went the cheap route. Don't think that looking down at a nav in the radio spot is a good idea while driving. These Nuvis have the Garmin maps and database, and line of sight is good in this position. Doesn't look bad either imo.
I ran the cord down behind the speedo and behind the center to the ac plug in the passanger footwell (unscrewed the bracket and placed it up under the dash so it's hidden).

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epod86

I agree, I really don't like looking down at mine because the road isn't even in my peripheral edge vision when I look down. That's where text-to-speech is a godsend.

arcticreaver

that actually doesn't look that bad. can you post pics on how you've hidden the wire?

wellarmed

Actually... no. Because I can't see it. As you can see in the one picture posted, the cord drops straight down behind the guage pod and dissapears. It comes out in the driver side footwell below where I simply routed it behind the center console and out into the pasasanger side footwell. I unscrewed the bracket that holds the ac plug-in and after pluging in the cord, placed it up behing the dash in that area where it is out of site. A couple of zip ties and everything is secure and invisible.
The nav comes on with the ignition and the really nice thing is the touch screen is right there at your fingertip off the steering wheel. The screen is plenty big enough to read easily that close and you never lose your vision of what's up ahead when you look at it.
The possible downside is that the disk that you need to stick down on the dash is likely to leave a mark if you remove it after it's been there for a long while. Those things really stick so it's best that you consider the disk as permanent.
Also you lose the use of that ac plug on the passanger side so the one in the center glovebox will be the only one left unless you opt to hardwire the cord into a ign hot source.
Doing it this way is pretty much instant gratification as it was basically plug n play that took all of about 15 minutes.

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